Did you know?

• The name for synthetic fiber spandex was coined as an anagram of expands.

• Yes, there is really a company called Doolittle and Dalley.

• What is in a domain name? Compaq paid over 3 million dollars to buy altavista.com domain name for their AltaVista search engine.

• The name of talk show host Oprah Winfrey's company is Harpo, reverse of her first name.

• What is the word for the fear of names? Nomatophobia!

• Big list of company name etymologies.

• Where would dotcom mania take us next? There is even a city called Half.com now.

Auto naming

• Camry, a car from Toyota is an anagram of my car.
• Elantra, a car from Hyundai is an anagram of A rental.
• Civic, a car from Honda is a palindrome.
• A Toyota is a palindrome.